SPACEX POISED TO LAUNCH 22 STARLINK SATELLITES EARLY NOV. 20 - SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California early on Monday morning (Nov. 20). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Monday during a four-hour window that opens at 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 GMT; 10:33 p.m. on Nov. 19 local California time). You can watch the action live via SpaceX's account on X (formerly known as Twitter). Coverage will begin about five minutes before launch. More (Source: Space.com - Nov 19)
SPACEX TO LAUNCH FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL WITH 23 STARLINK SATELLITES - A Falcon 9 rocket is to launch tonight with another batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is planned for 12:05 a.m. EDT (0505 UTC). The 45th Weather Squadron in a forecast issued Thursday, predicted a 60-percent chance of acceptable conditions for launch. After days of wet and windy weather, skies cleared briefly Friday before foggy conditions descended on the Space Coast after sunset. If necessary there are as many as five additional launch opportunities Friday night into Saturday morning. The last of which is at 2:59 a.m. EST (0759 UTC). More (Source: - Nov 18)
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: 25 YEARS OF A SAFE SPACE - It passes over our heads 16 times every 24 hours — traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets — at an altitude of a mere 430 kilometers (267 miles). It's possible to spot it from the ground and track where it is in the sky at any minute of the day. But the International Space Station (ISS) and the science that astronauts do onboard often go unnoticed. There have been numerous scientific discoveries on the ISS that have had a direct impact on our everyday lives on Earth... More (Source: DW - Nov 18)
AMAZON'S PROTOTYPE KUIPER SATELLITES OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY - Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully in orbit, with the project on track to start launching operational satellites by mid-2024. The Kuiper internet network is set to compete against billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, the world's largest satellite operator, to offer broadband internet service globally to consumers, companies and governments. More (Source: Reuters - Nov 17)
DARK MATTER-HUNTING SATELLITE ARRAKIHS TO LAUNCH IN 2030. HERE'S HOW IT WILL WORK - Dark matter makes up some 80 percent of the universe’s mass, but whatever it is, astronomers don't exactly know what comprises this substance nor how exactly it behaves. The designers of a prospective European Space Agency mission hope to change that. The mission is known as "The Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted Galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys," or ARRAKIHS, and is slated to observe galaxies like our own Milky Way in the hopes of understanding what makes dark matter tick. More (Source: Space.com - Nov 16)
WHITE HOUSE LAYS OUT POSSIBLE RULES FOR PRIVATE SPACE STATIONS AND MORE - The White House has laid out a possible regulatory framework for humanity's spaceflight future. On Wednesday (Nov. 15), the National Space Council (NSC) released a draft bill that assigns oversight responsibility for novel space activities and infrastructure, including private space stations, off-Earth manufacturing and space junk removal. That responsibility would be split between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Commerce (DOC). More (Source: Space.com - Nov 16)
SPACEX LAUNCHES SMALL SATELLITE YMIR-1 WITH SAAB’S TECHNOLOGY ONBOARD - Ymir-1 is a test satellite and part of the development of the next generation of the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a system used by ships to communicate position, speed, course, and other data. AIS is a requirement for all larger ships and boats in civilian traffic. Saab TransponderTech is a leading manufacturer of AIS transponders and has built the advanced transponder onboard the satellite. More (Source: SatNews - Nov 15)
QUANTUM SPACE REVEALS PLAN FOR SCOUT-1 SATELLITE AND SENTRY MISSION - Quantum Space plans to launch Scout-1, the space infrastructure and services company’s first satellite, no earlier than March 2024 on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare flight. From sun synchronous low-Earth orbit, the Scout-1 satellite will test a sensor Quantum Space plans to send to deep space as part of QuantumNet, a constellation to provide customers with communications, navigation and space situational awareness services in geostationary and cislunar space. More (Source: SpaceNews - Nov 15)
TRAILBLAZING NEW EARTH SATELLITE PUT TO TEST IN PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH - NISAR, the trailblazing Earth-observing radar satellite being developed by the United States and Indian space agencies, passed a major milestone on Nov. 13, emerging from a 21-day test aimed at evaluating its ability to function in the extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space. Short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, NISAR is the first space hardware collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO, on an Earth-observing mission. More (Source: NASA - Nov 15)
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